Midnight Specials

shorts co-presented by 5 of the most popular festivals in Europe, USA and South America

midnight specials

7 SEPT | 10.0OPM - 11.15PM

DESCHIS GASTROBAR

Free admission

Table reservation: 0753 372 447(in addition, blankets will be available during the screening, based on the order of arrival)

In the opening night of the festival, BIDFF connects with the international circuit of dance film festivals through Midnight Specials, an exquisite selection of 8 shorts, co-presented by 5 of the most popular festivals in Europe, USA and South America.

Cold StorageBest Film - FIVER (ES)

8:45’, 2016, FID: Thomas FreundlichC: Valtteri Raekallio

When a lonely ice fisherman discovers his frozen prehistoric soulmate in the ice, multiple levels of time and reality blend together into a cinematic and kinetic exploration of alienation, dependency and friendship.

The film delves into the multi-pronged issue of drug abuse in Punjab, India. The state bordering Pakistan is besieged with social, political, geographical & emotional recuperation of the drug trafficking leading to an alarming rate of youth addiction and deaths.

My heroes work in large corporations, buy food in the shops, have dinner at cafe and restaurants. They are successful, sleek, provided, but a little bit unhappy. They are trying to find themselves and unconsciously seek to the nature.